<h1>Established smart-contract platform offers steady DeFi/Web3 backbone with modest 5x-10x upside; new AI token promises risky 100x gains</h1> An established smart-contract platform trading near $4,400 is portrayed as a stable, widely adopted backbone for DeFi, NFTs and Web3, with protocol upgrades and layer-2 scaling expected to ease fees and boost throughput, producing modest long-term upside (analysts project roughly 5x-10x in a bull run). By contrast, a new AI-driven token in presale at about $0.01 has raised over $2.6 million and markets a predictive machine-learning platform with real-time data ingestion and customizable forecasting agents; proponents forecast a move to $1+ by 2026 (˜100x for early buyers). The pieces present lower risk/return versus higher-risk, higher-reward profiles.